Jeanie Buss accuses siblings of conspiring against her as dispute over Lakers stake continues

Buss accused her siblings of a ‘cloak and dagger’ campaign through the media in a court filing this week

Jeanie Buss has accused her siblings of conspiring against her in a "cloak and dagger" campaign through the media in a court filing this week and has asked a judge to block her siblings' attempts to sell the family's shares of the Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN reports. According to Wednesday's filing, Jeanie Buss said her siblings — specifically Joey and Jesse Buss — are jealous of their father's decision to leave her with governor rights to the team and she does not want them selling the family's remaining shares of the team. Finality for both sides of the legal spat could come during a scheduled Dec. 8 hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Josh Kushner spearhead an ownership group looking to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter at a valuation of $12.5 billion. "The conflicts that ensued after Dr. (Jerry) Buss's death (in 2013) were sadly inevitable, and no doubt intensified given that Dr. Buss chose his daughter over four sons to be his successor," representation for Jeanie Buss wrote in this week's filing. "Respondents' obsession with tearing down Jeanie and their inability to accept that she would be a part of the Lakers' future is borne of this classic succession parable." Jeanie Buss would no longer serve as the Lakers' governor if her